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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan J Polito, Danville, CA (US);
Anthony K Cheng, Anaheim, CA (US);
Assignee:
Beckman Instruments, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-7 ; 436537 ; 436544 ; 436545 ; 436546 ; 436801 ; 436805 ; 436808 ; 436815 ; 530807 ; 544267 ; 544268 ; 544271 ; 544272 ; 544273 ;
Abstract
A novel competitive assay for theophylline wherein caffeine-like (7-substituted) labeled conjugates are used to detect the presence and/or amount of theophylline present in a test sample. The use of such conjugates in a competitive assay for theophylline results in improved sensitivity of the assay method. Where the assay method is a nephelometric or turbidimetric inhibition immunoassay procedure, the assay was found to be less temperature dependent than prior art immunoassays.